It was once a bustling airport outside Athens, filled with vacationers eyeing departure boards. Today it's a makeshift camp for thousands of refugees with nowhere to go.

Our reporters Preethi Nallu and Iason Athanasiadis went to Elliniko, a former international airport with a neighbouring sports complex built for the 2004 Olympics. The abandoned buildings are now home to some 4,000 Afghan asylum seekers.

An Afghan child brushing his teeth at the old Elliniko airport in Athens, where refugees…
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